BRITAIN's infrastructure manager Network Rail says it will now take until mid-April to repair the storm damage to the southwest main line at Dawlish rather than its original estimate of six weeks.
BRITAIN's infrastructure manager, Network Rail (NR), has agreed to spending and performance targets laid down by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) for 2014-2019 known as Control Period 5 (CP5).
ALL three lines connecting London and Bristol with southwest England have now been severed by flooding and a landslide in addition to the track wash out at Dawlish between Exeter and Newton Abbot.
THE London – Penzance main line has been badly damaged by a severe storm which washed away the track along the coastal section of railway at Dawlish west of Exeter.
BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded six regional framework contracts to four suppliers as part of a £2bn electrification programme covering more than 3200 route-km over the next seven years.
BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail has awarded Robel, Germany, a contract to supply eight 69.7/4 Mobile Maintenance System (MMS) trains, which will be delivered from July 2015 onwards.
BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has selected four preferred suppliers for contracts worth £1.2bn which will cover almost half of its investments in London and the southeast of England during the 2014-19 funding period.
ALLIANCE Rail Holdings has announced plans to invest up to £300m to introduce an hourly-interval open-access service - operated by its Great North Eastern Railway subsidiary - between London King's Cross and Edinburgh on Britain's East Coast Main Line (ECML) using a fleet of Pendolino trains acquired from Alstom.
With the continuing need to reduce both costs and damage to the environment, David Briginshaw considers whether using "weathering" rather than galvanised steel for electrification masts and structures would be beneficial.
EAST Midlands Trains will launch accelerated services between London, central England and South Yorkshire on December 9 following the completion of a £70m project to upgrade sections of the Midland Main Line for 200km/h operation.